It is interesting to me that if we aren’t careful; we focus solely on what is going on around us, what is going on in this world. What’s interesting to me is that as I have come to be in relationship with Jesus, as I have come to commune daily with God, there is SO MUCH MORE than this te
In 1985 my daughter, Jessica was born. We were in the hospital in Nuremberg, Germany and I remember doing the “shhh-shhh-shhh-woosh” breathing thing and thinking what an ordeal, albeit, what a wonderful ordeal it was for my wife. We pushed and pushed and pushed (I like to say “we
Do you ever feel like you are simply being attacked from all sides? As a follower of Jesus we must understand that there is an enemy that wishes us to turn away from Jesus and in often very subtle ways, this enemy (Satan and His demons) will use our own Christian faith to take us there. Jesus warned
Something the Old Testament prophets did often was to telescope both near and far events. Meaning that a prophecy had both a “near” fulfillment as well as a fulfillment in the far future. Many things that happen in our lives are a foreshadow of what is to come in our life.
I love the band, The Clash! Their name is also fitting for our study of this time period in history when society and followers of Jesus “clashed”. There is a line in their song, “Should I Stay or Should I Go” that says, ” If I go there will be trouble, And if I stay it
Today in America, followers of Jesus are coming under fire for our beliefs as well as throughout the world. This however is not a new phenomenon. In the face of all things, today, just as has been done by Christ followers before us, we must remain “People of The Promise”. Unfortunately t